Influence of Topic Interest on Black Children and White Children's Reading Comprehension. Technical Report No. 99 [electronic resource] / Steven R. Asher.

To assess whether black children comprehend more of high- than low-interest reading material, whether the performance discrepancy between white and black children is reduced under high-interest conditions, and to determine the degree of similarity of the interests of white and black children, a stud...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Asher, Steven R.
Corporate Authors:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:	Black Youth. Grade 5. Interest Inventories. Interest Research. Intermediate Grades. Reading Comprehension. Reading Interests. Reading Material Selection. Reading Research. Visual Measures. White Students.